English > keyboard: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like. |
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| Members | key | A lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed |
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| Part of | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | A machine for performing calculations automatically |
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| organ, pipe organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
| piano, pianoforte, forte-piano | A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| terminal | electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer |
| typesetting machine | A printer that sets textual material in type |
| typewriter | hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time |
| Parts | action, action mechanism | The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
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| Narrower | computer keyboard, keypad | A keyboard that is a data input device for computers |
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| piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier | A bank of keys on a musical instrument |
| typewriter keyboard | A keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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| Spanish | teclado |
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| Catalan | teclat |
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